The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-04-19
Fred Page Brought Out as the
Superior of Martin irons.
The Prosecution Suddenly Turns
Its Batteries on Neville.
Startling Results Concerning the
Man With a Patch On
His Eve.
A Story That Out ROmances Vic
tor HugO's Lies Misera-
bleS.,
MONDAY.


witnesses and other interested partie;
10 important cases which were expect
ed 10 comeup and many spectators were
unable to- secure even standing room
by the time court was called.
Judge Ryiand took his seat prompt.
ly at 10 a. M, and after the usual
formula and reading of Saturday 5
minutes, the court, by request, called
the. case of the State VS.. Jno. l..
Enos, charged with larceny, passing
counterfeit check and playing conf
deDce game. The defence stated it de-
sired to withdraw its plea of not guilty.
to one of the counts and enter a plea
of guilty. The prosecution then
asked that the other two counts be
dismissed and that the court be as
ienient with the defendant as posi-
BILE as he had wife and family and
it was whisky which had been the
cause of his downfall.
The court ordered the matter to be
disposed of and remanded the prisoner
to await sentence.
Thomas Mathew and VIM. O'Brien
the Dresden burglars withdrew their
plea of not guilty to the charge of
burglary and larceny and entered a
plea of guilty to larceny from a dwell
ing house. The plea was accepted by
the state, the charge of burglary
dismissed and the prisoner
remanded for sentence.
Thomas Moore, the insurance crook
charged with forgery, withdrew his
plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty
on three counts, the state dismissing
the other four. He was also remand
ed for sentence.
The case of the state VS.. ThOs.
I. Mullins, charged with murder in
the first degree for the killing of Hen
~ Thatcher some eighteen months
ago, came up next. The defendants
attorney, r. w. Barnett, stated that
he was too i'll to attend to the case and
asked that it be continued to the
next term. The court,
while sympathizing with Mr.. Barnett,
emphatically declined to continue
the case and, the state announcing
ready, the witnesses for both sides
were called and most of them aus
wered, the jury, consisting of the re-
gular panel and twenty-four addi-
tional names as a special venire,
were called and answered.
Prosecuting attorney Lamm, then
spoke signifying his willingness to
allow the case TO 60 over to accom-
modate the defense, but the court
again declined.
Attorney Steele for the defense
then tried the powers of
his eloquence in the same
direction and the court finally agreed
to special term. The court suggested
June. The prosecution suggested Au-
gust; THAT is dog days" said the
court.
The defense were willing to accept
any time except the present. After
argument the court final
ly agreed to Monday, July %, for the
special term, and the witnesses were
recognized and the defendant bound
over to that time.
The case of the state VS.. John
Collins, Frank Spaun, Frank Nevil,
6. I. Mccullough, W. II. Ham
ilton and others, charged with
the Nine hole train wrecking DUR
ing the late strike, came up next. |
Both the state and the defense an
ready for trial. The defense
asked for severance of the cases
which being granted, the state elected
to try w. "a. Hamilton first. He
was arraigned and pleaded not guilty
and jury was empanneled, when
court took a recess till after dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Immediately after dinner the court
resumed the hearing Of the Hamilton
case. The jury was called and sworn.
States attorney Lamm read the in
dictment and was followed by Captain
Bridges for the defense, who claimed
that the defendants had no idea of
what they were charged with. They
had been allowed no information from
the prosecution, and as they were not
present at the wreck they would have
to await the evidence of the prosecu-
ton in order to find out what
they were charged with. He termed
it case in which a powerful corpo-
ration was bringing its mighty power
against a few weak and innocent
persons.
The witnesses for the state, some
in number, were called
and sworn.